Lac Cloutier-Junior Fishing Guide, Lanaudière, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Cloutier-Junior sits within Lanaudière in Quebec. It sits at 234 metres above sea level. A splashy cast here empties the swim; a quiet one owns it. Our Lanaudière list holds plenty of bigger water. For a base, Sainte-Béatrix sits 4.2 km out. Terrebonne sits 52 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lac Cloutier-Junior

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Lanaudière list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Lac Cloutier-Junior repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 19°C in July and bottom out at -14°C in January. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Lac Cloutier-Junior runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. You can camp about 1 km away, going by the mapping. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Lac Gravel, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lac Cloutier-Junior should be assumed from this page alone.